Archive: 10/10/2014

Pharmacists lead the way in streamlining experimental cancer trials

A new way of conducting technical pharmacy reviews that cuts down on the bureaucracy of setting up clinical trials is being pioneered by pharmacists across the Experimental Cancer Medicine Centres (ECMCs) network, a joint ...

Oct 10, 2014

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Distinguishing between Progressive Supranuclear palsy and Parkinson's disease

Researchers from the University of Melbourne have established how two diseases that present in similar ways are in fact quite different.

Oct 10, 2014

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Mechanism that repairs brain after stroke discovered

A previously unknown mechanism through which the brain produces new nerve cells after a stroke has been discovered at Lund University and Karolinska Institutet in Sweden. The findings have been published in the journal Science.

Oct 10, 2014

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What are the consequences of workplace violence in the health sector?

Exposure to violence in the workplace can lead to serious consequences for health sector employees say Stéphane Guay and Nathalie Lanctôt of the Institut universitaire de santé mentale and the University of Montreal, who ...

Oct 10, 2014

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New technique for increasingly accurate PET scan to detect cancer and heart conditions

A novel technique which reduces image degradation caused by respiratory motion during a PET scan was developed in a recent study at the University of Eastern Finland. PET scanning is routinely used to detect cancer and heart ...

Oct 10, 2014

Video: Baby talk in any language

UConn researcher Nairán Ramírez-Esparza, assistant professor of psychology, has found that how you talk to children matters.

Oct 10, 2014

Health and tech experts outline 3-part strategy to fight Ebola

A comprehensive strategy to fight the Ebola epidemic that includes early diagnosis, secure transportation and treatment at both central and temporary remote facilities could contain the disease within months, the authors ...

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Researchers find RNA molecules in urine and tissue that detect prostate cancer

Researchers at Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute have identified a set of RNA molecules that are detectable in tissue samples and urine of prostate cancer patients but not in normal healthy individuals. The study ...

Oct 10, 2014